Vorrei che fosse amore

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"Vorrei che fosse amore"
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Single by Mina
from the album Canzonissima '68
LanguageItalian
B-side "Caro"
ReleasedOctober 1968 (1968-10)
Recorded2 October 1968
Genre Pop
Length2:26
Label PDU
Composer(s) Bruno Canfora
Lyricist(s) Antonio Amurri
Mina singles chronology
"Quand'ero piccola"
(1968)		"Vorrei che fosse amore"
(1968)		"Nè come nè perchè"
(1968)

"Vorrei che fosse amore" (English: "I wish it was love") is a song written by Antonio Amurri and Bruno Canfora. Italian singer Mina recorded it in 1968 as the final theme of the musical TV show Canzonissima . [1] [2] The song was later included on her album Canzonissima '68 , and was also released as a single, [3] reaching number 9 on the Italian chart. [4] According to Cash Box magazine, it was ranked 77th on the list of the best-selling singles in Italy between July 1968 and July 1969. [5]

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The following year, the song was re-recorded by Mina in French under the title "Si..." and released as a single. [6] To promote this publication, at the end of April 1969, the singer went to Paris, where she performed the song on local television. [7] Mina also recorded an English version called "More Than Strangers", which was released as a single and later included on the album of the same name distributed in the USA. [8]

Track listing

7" single (Italy) [9]
A. "Vorrei che fosse amore" (Antonio Amurri, Bruno Canfora) – 2:26
B. "Caro" (Mina, Maurizio Seymandi, Augusto Martelli) – 3:16
7" single (France) [6]
A. "Si... (Vorrei che fosse amore)" (Amurri, Canfora, Eddy Marnay) – 2:24
B. "Moi je te regarde (Io innamorata)" (Martelli, Giorgio Calabrese, Marnay) – 3:01
7" single (USA) [8]
A. "More Than Strangers (Vorrei che fosse amore)" (Amurri, Canfora, Gladys Shelley, Jimmy Nebb) – 2:17
B. "I Want to Be Loved" (Savannah Churchill) – 2:20

Charts

Chart performance for "Vorrei che fosse amore"
Chart (1968)Peak
position
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [4] 9

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References

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  2. ↑ Dalla Vecchia, Aldo (2020). "Il '68 di Mina". Mina per neofiti: La vita, la voce, l'arte di una fuoriclasse (in Italian). Graphe.it Edizioni. p. 28. ISBN   9788893720885.
  3. ↑ "Vorrei che fosse amore/Caro". Discografia nazionale della canzone italiana (in Italian). Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  4. 1 2 Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). Amazon Digital Services LLC – Kdp Print Us. pp. 306–308. ISBN   9781093264906.
  5. ↑ "Italy's Top 100 Sellers" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XXX, no. 49/2. 5 June 1969. p. 79. ISSN   0008-7289.
  6. 1 2 Si... (liner notes) (in French). France: Pathé. 1969. 2 C 006 - 10217 M. Retrieved 29 May 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |people= ignored (help)
  7. ↑ Vesigna, Gigi (25 May 1969). "Show di Mina a Parigi". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). ISSN   0038-156X.
  8. 1 2 More Than Strangers (liner notes). US: Regalia. 1969. R-5501. Retrieved 29 May 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |people= ignored (help)
  9. ↑ Vorrei che fosse amore (liner notes) (in Italian). Italy: PDU. 1968. P.A. 1012. Retrieved 29 May 2024.{{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |people= ignored (help)
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